Car-replacer.



16.347,732. PATENTED MAR;19, 19o?. w. 000K.

'GA-R REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1907.

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-vzen of the United States, and a resident of I Hoboken, in the county' of Hudson arid State inposition and which will be reversible 1n its 1 represent the railswhich are fastenedr 1tlc e. Aforward Wheels 3 and 4 of the derailed car Y'are represen'ted as lying near the rails. The construction of the replacing device will now be described.

of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Replacer, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description. invention relates to.v car-replacers, such as used for replacing derailed trains upon the track.

The object of the invention is to produce a device of this kind which can be readil set nature, enabling the device to replace aV car moving toward it from either direction'.

The invention consistsin the construction and combination of parts to be more full described hereinafter and particularly set orth in the claims` Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refer-- ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

`Figure 1 is a lperspective looking down a railroad-track, s owlng the rails in section and illustratin `themanner in which the device is applied 1n practice. vFi 2 isa vertical sectionl taken longitudinal y of the rail and showing one of the replacers in side elevation. Fig. 3is a vertical cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1 and showing the outside relacer, and ig. 4 is a cross-section on the ine 4 4 of Fig. 1 .and showing the inside replacer.

v Referring more particularly to the parts, 1

the cross-ties 2 in t e usual manner.

Referrin to Figs. 1 and 3, 5 represents the body of t e outside replacer. The lower portion'of this body is formed into a chair 6,

which conforms closelyto the configuration placer, so that a curved ridge 11 is formed,

l Specieaton of Letters Patent.

Applicants alsa nn'my 14, 1907. soenna. 852,168.

face of the In this way enlarged and substantially rece lower portion ofthe bodiy 5 pte to exten throughout the le h of the dethis ridge approac es the'inner vice, an

device at the ends, as indicated.

tangular heads -12 are formed at the, ends of the device. In one aspect the inclined face 7 may be'considered to form a depression or enlarged recess 13, and this recess is deepest near the middle line of the device, inclining u Wardly gradually toward each end, at w ch points shoulders 14 are formed the pmRose-ofwhich will'afppear more fully herema er. In the end aces of the heads 12 verticallydis osed slots 15 are'respectively formed, and t ese slots are for the purpose-of skid consists simply of a rail, the inner end of which is received in the slot, as indicated in Fig. 1, and this rail tapers toward its outer extremity, so as to present an inclined face Patented maren. 19, 1907.

`facilitating the attachment of a skid 16. This 17, adapted to receive the wheel 3 and guide the sameonto the body of the replacer. The replacer 5 may be considered as a block, and the skid 16 operates 'as a ide, so as to facili-- tate the passing of the w eel from the trackbed ont-o this block. The upper inside faces ofthe heads 12 are provided with inclined or beveled faces 18, which incline toward the rail in such a way that when the flange of the wheel comes upon them the wheel will tend to gravitate down onto the rail. v The arrangement is such that a curved shoulder 18a is formed at the head, which delects the flan e of the wheel toward the rail. The bloc and the skid'are adapted to be secured For this purpose the base 9 of thereplaceris provided with outwardly-projecting flanges 20, at which spikes may be applied, as

' shown.

The inside replacer device will now be described. i

Referringespecially to Fi s.' 1 and 4, this device comprises a body or b ook 21, which is similar to t rail, as indicated. Near the inner side ofthe head 23 of the rail the 'block 21 presents a depressed face 24, so that a longitudinal chan nel 25 is formed extending longitudinally. of the frail., Near the middle of the block anin- `in position by spikes 19, applied as. shown.

e body 5 and which is formed on its inner face into achair '22, which conforms to the configuration of the inner side of the clined face 26 extends upwardly in such a l way as to form a curved ridge 27which ap-- -proaches the rail at the ends of the block, as

shown. At the ends of the block upwardly- IIO projecting shoulders 28 are formed, which. constitute heads somewhat similar to the' heads 12, described above.v The ends of the block arc provided with vertical channels or guide-grooves 29, similar to the grooves 15, and these grooves are adapted to facilitate the application of a skid 30, which is applied in the manner indicated in Fig. 1, the inner end of the skid being received in the groove while the body of theskid projects toward the wheel 4. This skid is similar in construction to the skid 16 described above.-

The u per face of the block 21 at the heads 28 is fdrmed with inclined cheeks 31, which are adapted to receive the flange of the wheel as it rolls onto the block, and these form shoulders 31, which are curved inwardly as.

they approach the middle of the block in such a way as to guidel the wheeltoward the in clined face 26. v J

'Referring again to the outside re lacer,.it will be observed in Fig. 1 that the leads' 12 do not extend laterally sufficiently to bring the side faces thereof into alinement with the side face of the head of the rail. In this way the effect is produced of guide-grooves or channels 32, formed at the ends of the device.`

Referring to Fig. 2, it will be observed that the upper faces 33 of the skids have 'their highest point above the upper faces of the blocks. From this arrangement it should be understood that when the wheels roll up the' skids the can roll easily onto the blocks and head of the block into the depression 13,

where it slides down the inclined face 7, so as to bring the flange of vthe wheel ontothe upper face of the rail-head. As the wheel advances it comes in contact with one of the shoulders 14 of the ends of the block, and in this way is forced outwardly across the rail.`

Beyond this point when the wheel is sufliciently advanced it will fall into position,

with the flan e on the inner side of the rail, as will be reaily understood. As the wheel 4 moves up the skid 30 its lflange comes in contact with the cheek 31,1which guides it toward the inclined face 26. As soon as it reaches this point the wheel tends to gravitate downwardly, so that its flange will come into osition in the channel 25. LThe wheel will t ien be advanced in this channel until it .reaches the end of the block, when it will fall into position upon therail, the flange of the whe lying against the inner face ofthe railhead. Theinside replacer 21 is held in posia manner similar to that described in connection with the outside replacer, and the skid 30 is similarly held in position b s ikes 36. With the construction descri e it Will be evident that the device may be used to relace the wheels movin in either direction rom the left or from t e right toward the blocks or body of the replacer. In addition to this advantage my device has the further advantage that each of the re lacers is formed of two parts', and each of t ese parts is light enough in weight to enable the same to be readily placed in position.

I provide means for securely fastening the replacers tothe rails. The arrangement su gested is shown in Fi 3 in connection wit the outside replacer y way of illustration. I provide a recess 37'in the outer face of the replacerblock,which is engaged by a hook 38, formed on a bent bolt- 39. The body of tion by spikes 34, applied toithe'flanges 35,in 5

thls'bolt extends transversely under the rail and is threaded at its extremity to receive a nut 40. This nut operates to clam a clip 41 on the edge of the flange.

The aforesaid is ormed on the u per end of a vertical extension 42 from themdy 39 of the bolt. vB tightening the nut the replacer may be for'the replacer may beused instead ofspi es, or it may supplement the use of spikes.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. An outside replacer consisting of a block adapted to be applied to the side of the' rail and presenting'an inclined face extendin upwardly from the inner edge of the rail-hea and havin `shoulders proJecting upwardly from said face near the ends. of sa1d body, said shoulders bein adapted to deflect a wheel off of said inc ined ace onto the railhead and means for guiding a vwheel onto Said tinck.

2. An inside replacer consisting of a block ook 38- mly pressed against the side-'of the rail. This fastening-clam IOO IIO

adapted to be applied to the inside faceof a\` rail and resentlng a depressed face near the rail-hea and an inclined face therebeyond, whereby a channel is formed adapted to uide a wheel-flan e adjacent to the rail,'said lock having hea s at the lends thereof with guide-faces on the u per side thereof ada ted to receive a wheelan'ge to guide the w eel onto said inclined face and means for guiding the wheel onto sai block.

n testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this'specication in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

WILLIAM COOK.

Witnesses z MICHAEL KENNEY, THoMAs E. KENNEY. 

